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    on how to separate incompatible duties and responsibilities within the system and on establishing appropriate access to the system. We also provided guidance on the importance of documenting a sound data conversion plan and the value of having a disaster recovery plan. We recommended that physical counts be conducted monthly and at year-end to ensure accurate system records. Lastly, we recommended that policy and procedures be created to provide guidelines for employees to follow to ensure proper

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    Journal. Statesman Journal, 07 Dec. 2016. Web. 01 Feb. 2017. "Report raises fresh concerns about radiation levels in Japanese fish." CTVNews. Bell Media, 7 Oct. 2013. Web. 1 Feb. 2017. Ripley, Will. "Fukushima: Five years after Japan's worst nuclear disaster." CNN. Cable News Network, 11 Mar. 2016. Web. 09 Feb. 2017. Rosen, Yereth. "Scientists seek cause of patchy baldness in some Beaufort Sea polar bears." Alaska Dispatch News. Alaska Dispatch News, 31 May 2016. Web. 21 Feb.

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    consequences, serious accident and lastly major accident.3 Regardless of the classifications, it is without a doubt that all of the accidents whether they can be called as minor difficulties or fully deserve their place among the worst man-made disasters humanity has ever experienced, they had various catastrophic impacts on human and environments. Each nuclear accident poses serious acute and chronic risks towards the immediate environments and chronic risk over a wider geographic area. Furthermore

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    1. Health and safety The Malaysian government has not seriously taken under consideration the health and safety aspects of nuclear energy. Murphy’s Law dictates that there's no such issue as nuclear safety or a fail-safe nuclear reactor. Human error and unpredictable events area unit inescapable, creating setup safety unsure. The recent harmful nuclear accident in Fukushima has brought Japan to itsknees and persuaded several countries, as well as Deutschland and European nation, to end atomic powerand

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    In this essay, the focus will be on whether or not nuclear weapons should continue to be produced, or if dismantling the world’s stockpiles would be the better decision.  There is a lot of conflict going on around the world at this time. My family lived in an area where there are a lot of people from the Middle East, so we hear a lot that tensions are extremely high.  Luckily, the majority of countries that have the stockpiles of nuclear weapons are not really involved to the point of even considering

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    years later a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan causing a series of tsunamis that took out and ultimately caused the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors 1-3. Both of these nuclear disasters released large amounts of radiation and causing evacuation of nearby towns and cities. Between these two nuclear disasters, Chernobyl has been found to be the worse because of its “flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel” compared to the quick reaction towards the Fukushima

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    The immediate effect would be 300 transformers destroyed, 130 million Americans without power for years, and 1-2 trillion dollars in economic losses. People who have been without power for hours during a blackout or as long as weeks after a natural disaster know what the misery of, in effect, being thrown back 200 years can entail. Years of a lack of power would be biblical in its effects. “We have become so reliant

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    cause numerous fatalities and damage to the surrounding communities, which can be deemed uninhabitable if radiation were to be leaked. One way a radiation leak can happen is if they crack due to aging structures or the fractures can be caused by natural events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and tornadoes. In March of 2011 the Fukushima Daiichi plant was cracked by the massive earthquakes and tsunamis that occurred in Japan. The radiation affected

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    thousand miles away in the heartland of the United States, high radiation levels decimated crop production. Infant mortality rates and birth deformities skyrocketed across the globe. Today, having just passed the 28th anniversary of this infamous disaster, we still feel the impact created by the worst nuclear incident in world history. Just what happened on that fateful spring day which resulted in over 500,000 deaths in the last decade? Was it allowing the construction of poorly designed reactors

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    persecuted or not seen as crime, this is because the state have the power to criminalize or decriminalize acts . The Hillsborough disaster is one of the most serious crimes in the UK which was not seen as a crime but rather labelled as an accidental death. This essay will present the facts and highlight the various legal issues with regards to the Hillsborough disaster that took place on 15 April 1989. It will first of all state the facts of the event, engaging the international human rights provision

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